Brush



A. VANDUSEAN. Brush.

A Patented Aug. l5', 1865.

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BRUSH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,457, dated August; 15, 1365.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAM VANDUsEN, ot' the city ot' Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Brush for Clothes and Dusting; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, true, and exact description of my invention, reference being 'had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon.

I employ the cloth made from whalebone, known as the whalebone hair-cloth,77 cutting the same into strips of about two inches in width, which strips are seven yards in length for a brush with a flange or part around which the material is wound, as hereinatter described, being about six (6) inches in length and onehalt inch in Width, the width and length of the strips depending on the size of the brush one may Wish to make, and then unraveling the strip ot' cloth lengthwise, leaving about onehalt'inch in width for a margin, the width ot' the margin depending on the width of the tiange or part around which the material is wound, taking from the part or portion unraveled any cotton or other material which may be interwoven with the whalebone, leaving nothing but the whalebone for the brush. I then take a handle, which may be ot'` the shape of those described in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which may be made from blank or board which may be about two (2) inches in thickness, marking out the form and size desired on the plank or board, and then cutting the same so as to form the liange or part marked A in Figs. l.tand 5,which show the liange or the knob marked Ain Fior. 7, and then dress and polishthe wood. I then take the cloth, prepared as before stated, and fasten the same by the margin to the sides of the flange or the knob or part A, described in Figs. 4, 5, and 7, irst coating the sides of this ange or theknob with glue, so as to make the brush firm, and when the cloth is placed upon it a few small tacks may be also used, then coatingthat partofthe margin which is wound around the :tiange oraround the knob with glue, then winding the margin around the dange lengthwise, or around the knob, coating Aevery coil, aud then winding, putting in, it' desired, a few small tacks; and when the material is wound entirely around this liange, or around the knob, puta piece ot" gimp or morocco or any suitable material around the margin thus wound around the flange or around the knob, thus making the brush irm a-nd strong, Figs. l, 2, and 3 being ieprescntations ot'` a brush complete. I then trim the brush so as to make it even. Fig. G represents the top ot a handle of a brush made in that shape.

The material to which the cloth is attached to torm the brush may he, if desired, circular, with a knob around which the margin may be wound, Fig. 7 showing the knob, and Fig. 2 being a brush with a knob complete. I thus make a perfectly strong and 'durable brush,

mut-h more so than the brushes now made from bristles or other materials, as there is not that chance or likelihood otthetbrmergiving out as there isiu thelatter, and the handle is solid, and there is no perforation of the wood required, as in brushes now in use made with bristles.

This brush may be used on goods` of' the finest texture without injuring thesame. I consider the brush made from the whaleb me hair-cloth much better than that made from hair cloth.

Thus, having described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

A brush made by the employment otl whalebone hair-cloth, and combined with any suitable material having a tiange or knob,as above described.

ABRAM VANDUSEN.

Attest:

0. P. ABERCROMBIE, GEO. t. BnLLoWs. 

